Directs the Department of State Lands, in consultation with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, to develop a salmon credit pilot program to encourage the voluntary restoration of salmonid habitat in the Coquille and Coos watershed basins. Establishes the Salmon Credit Trust Fund. Directs the Department of State Lands and the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to consult with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to seek federal approval for a bank instrument and authorization of activities that occur in navigable waters of the United States. Becomes operative on the date that the federal authorization and bank instrument are approved. Provides that the Department of State Lands may not approve a salmon credit project on or after January 1 of the sixth year following federal approval. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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] Requires certain health insurers[ , the Oregon Educators Benefit Board and the Public Employees' Benefit Board ] to cover fertility services and treatments. Exempts certain insurers from specific coverage requirements. [ Directs the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study access to fertility and reproductive endocrinology services and report findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health. ] [ Declares an emergency, effective on passage. ] Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services to administer a program to provide reimbursement for the costs for treatments when not covered by exempted insurers. Establishes the Family Building Fund in the State Treasury.
Authorizes a teacher to immediately remove from the classroom setting a student who repeatedly interferes with the teacher's ability to communicate effectively with the students in the class or with the ability of the students to learn. Prescribes requirements for the return of a student to the classroom setting. Requires a school district to convene a placement review committee when a student is removed from a classroom setting. Requires a student to demonstrate proficiency in specified Essential Learning Skills prior to the student being awarded a high school diploma or a modified diploma. Directs the State Board of Education to adopt academic content standards for language arts based on the science of reading and writing. Prohibits school districts from advancing students who are not able to demonstrate third-grade reading proficiency. Provides exceptions. Takes effect July 1, 2026.
Increases sentencing guidelines for felony fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires a health care practitioner to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive, regardless of whether the birth was the result of an induced abortion. Allows specified persons to bring an action against a health care practitioner for violations. Allows the court to order that the identity or personally identifiable information of specified persons is protected from disclosure.
Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for amounts received in resolution of a civil action arising from wildfire. Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for wildfire-related legal fees paid by plaintiffs. Allows a taxpayer to amend a return to claim a refund for the earliest tax year in which a subtraction is allowed. Applies to declarations and executive orders issued on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2027, and to amounts received, losses incurred and legal fees paid in tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Creates a program for deferred loans to first-time home buyers in an amount not greater than the lesser of the closing costs on the purchase or one percent of the purchase price. Makes the deferred loans repayable when the home changes ownership, is no longer the homestead of the borrower or, if the home is mobile, is moved out of state. Retires the program after three years. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Maddy summaryHB 4109 repeals a provision (ORS 657.203) that allowed unemployment insurance benefits for workers unemployed due to a strike. This bill removes the exception that previously permitted benefits during strike-related unemployment, meaning workers involved in active strikes will no longer qualify for benefits during the strike period. The change directly affects employees whose job loss results from a labor dispute (strike) at their workplace. The bill does not alter other unemployment eligibility rules but specifically eliminates the strike-related benefit provision established by prior legislation.
Directs the State Forester to determine the available state forestland, establish sustainable harvest levels for harvesting timber on state forestland and manage available state forestland. Allows certain persons to seek a court order if the State Forester fails to establish sustainable harvest levels or manage available state forestland. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes the Behavioral Health and Deflection Committee within the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. Directs the committee to administer grant programs for Behavioral Health Resource Networks and deflection programs. Transfers the duties of the Oversight and Accountability Council to the committee.